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Sun and Google team up to - yawn - support Java
No, Google isn't buying Sun. And Sun isn't buying Google. And Star
Office isn't going to be rebranded Google Office (at least not yet).
What was the big Google/Sun announcement we were all waiting for?
Basically, that Sun will include the Google Toolbar as an optional part
of the downloadable Java Runtime Environment. Given that
JRE isn't exactly a hot download (when was the last time you rushed
over to Sun's site to snag the latest version?), this doesn't exactly
seem like it's going to be a huge deal for Google. Oh, the companies
also "agreed to explore opportunities to promote and enhance Sun
technologies,
like the Java Runtime Environment and the OpenOffice.org productivity
suite." So, we may just see Google Office yet. But not quite as soon as
some had imagined.
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Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Victor Agreda, Jr. said 1:46PM on 10-04-2005
Where's that cartoony horn sound, the one that lets you know the gag was a letdown?
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j cranford said 3:27PM on 10-04-2005
what a huge disapointment. kinda like the time i jumped into bed with a hooker in the philipines, and jumped right back out after i saw her/his um "adamsapple"...lol
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NA said 3:34PM on 10-04-2005
I wonder who thought this PR move was a good idea. You would think Google would know people have high expectations of them, and want something big if its getting hyped.
Disappointing.
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Brian Pipa said 8:02PM on 10-04-2005
Google uses a LOT of java behind the scenes. I bet they will now expose that a bit more.
Brian
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'Orrible Cabbage said 8:25PM on 10-04-2005
I have no idea how credible this is, and it is very vague about details, but this story (link below) seems to suggest that a Google branded OO.o was, in fact, announced.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=ag8iQgUKarXM&refer=us
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Marc Perton said 9:53PM on 10-04-2005
They were very vague and noncommital: "The companies didn't say how Google will deliver OpenOffice.org, or whether or when the programs will be available on Google's sites."
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J.Cranford said 12:06AM on 10-05-2005
Did anyone else catch the question from the (I think)usatoday reporter, during the big Google/Sun announcement. she asked about "the new operating system" and the sun CEO said she must be directing this question too you referring to the google CEO, google CEO's comment was something to the effect of we are in the search engine biz, and everybody sort of giggled. Does Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy know something ????
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